Halifax Art Society

Landscape in Acrylic

30 January, 201830 January, 2018 Halifax Art Society

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The Friday meeting of the Halifax Art Society had Paul Talbot- Greaves as their demonstrator. We are lucky to have Paul as our president and all the members know what a privilege it is to watch him paint.

Paul chose an attractive view of Cragg Vale in autumn as his subject. The scene was taken from one of his photos that he had digitally enhanced. Paul blocked in thin washes of colour, using acrylic paint on watercolour paper on which he had roughly sketched the scene.

All the painting was done with a very limited palette and flat brushes, ranging from two inches to very fine ones. Even though parts of the painting were in very dark paint, the end result was of a truly vibrant and colourful painting, which was much admired by all.

On the 2nd of February a working session will follow: ‘Landscape in any Medium’.

Review

Marbling workshop

26 January, 20187 February, 2018 Halifax Art Society

At Friday’s meeting of the Halifax Art Society, Lynda Thomas and Philip Hicken ran an art marbling workshop. The first part started with Lynda floating acrylic paint on a liquid base. After swirling the paint around, paper was floated onto the surface. When the paper was lifted, the surface of the paper was covered in a beautiful swirl of colour. The paper was then put aside to dry.

Now it was Philip’s turn. He explained how to make use of this lovely art work. Philip had made cut out cards of swans, behind which you put the marbling to create an attractive greetings card. He gave us further advice on how to make use of the marbling work that we had created.

On the 26th January our president Paul Talbot- Greaves will demonstrate ‘Landscapes in Acrylic’. Everybody in the All-Saints-Hall will be able to watch him working, as Paul will be using his magnifying equipment.

Review

Paired Portraits

15 January, 2018 Halifax Art Society

Last Friday the Halifax Art Society enjoyed a different kind of workshop: ‘Paired Portraits’. Members had the opportunity to draw each other, so we had to work fast to get several different people, who were not sitting motionless as a model would do.

That morning showed again that you don’t have to be alone at home.

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News

Kathleen Read

12 January, 2018 Halifax Art Society

We are sorry to announce that Kathleen Read died on the morning of the 10th January 2018. She passed away peacefully. We remember her fondly as a good member of the society for many years.

Review

Cake and poetry

9 January, 20189 January, 2018 Halifax Art Society

The members of the Halifax Art Society celebrated their first year in the new premises with tea and cakes. The past year was highly successful: Numerous good demonstrations and workshops have attracted many new members.

The meeting continued with a silent auction of paintings and art material. Later member Joy Edwards read two of her poems and we tried to paint accordingly. Her talent in writing poetry is as brilliant as her talent for painting. We have many talented artists like Joy among us who willingly give their time. We give them our thanks and gratitude.

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